The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Pulaski County Spooks in Human
Form Exposed After They Had Beer
Causing Showers of Sticks ano
stones Sale of the Old Jail Property
at Macon.
GEORGIA.
The Americas telephone system will he in
operation by Jan. /.
At Albany, Tuesday. Emma Oliver Tggs,
= colored teacher, while writing letter in
her room, was seized with epilepsy and fell,
face downward in the open fire. Neigh
bors, hearing her struggles, rushed to her
assistance. Her face is terribly burned,
At Ashland, Franklin county, W. b. bet
ter is building a new house. He is using
material that was in the house in which the
Crockett family were killed by the Indians,
about two miles from this place: He has
the sills, which were hewn out of the richest
Of the pine, also the ioist and rafters, which
were skinned pine poles
At Americas G. W Glover, the grocer,
has sold his stock of goods and retail bust
ness under the opera house to r. J. Perry,
who has been connected with him, one time
as partner, in the business many years.
Mr. Glover has made this sale in order that
he may devote his whole time and attention
to his wholesale business.
Quitmen has received during the present
season 1000 bales of cotton. The receipts,
it is thought viii reach 10000 bales, which
will be the largest of any point between
. Albany and Savannah The planters are
also represented as being in better condition
than for several years past. The season has
been good for gathering, and the grades of
cotton class high.
A peculiar letter was received at the Ex-
ecutive Department Tuesday. 1t speaks
a. n ~ L.
Gordon: Dear Sir--Nour speech at Ciucin-
matt is more valuable than tons of gold
toward building the monument OF peace
and prosperity throughout this land. ten
der to you my love and respect. Frank H.
Caldwell, about the youngest son from
Ohio, drummer boy, age IA, company F
1881 regiment o. Z. l. L. 5 A. IS and go
East Second street, Cincinnati o."
A fatal accident occurred near Canton, on
the Marietta and North Georgia railroad,
Monday, at o'clock. Some hands were
widening a railroad cut, ami had dug under
a bank, with the intention of splitting off q
big mass of dirt afterwards. Suddenly the
mass of dirt overhead parted from
the bank and fell to the bottom of the cut,
catching several of the men and instantly
killing John Bishop, white laborer, who
lives near Canton. His leg was fear
fully mangled. Several Others were slightly
injured.
The Stockton burglars have been arrested.
The parties were traced to Valdosta and
captured. Their names were Sol. Hines,
Methodist preacher of Naldosta, and the
other was William Wright, an escaped con-
Wet for whom 500 had been offered. A
part of the goods were recovered, also the
instruments they did the work with.
Wright wat taken back to his former con-
vict home at Albany and the preacher is in
the Brunswick Jail to await the spring
term of the Clinch County Court No
money or goods, except one jug of liquor,
was taken from tb, depot. The agent had
the money on his pef~on.
The old Jail properN.S : Macon was sold
at auction Tuesday for $2s $50, or some
thing over 800 per square foot, the property
being 240 feet front and 2l0 feet deep. 1t
was divided into seven lots, the two corner
lots 80 feet front, and the other five - feet
front. Lots Nos. 12 and were sold to d. j.
Baer for $3.50. So, 800 and SIS, 500 re-
spectively. Lot No. was sold to Dr. Chap
pin for 5000, and the other three were
purchased by S. r. Jacques, Henry Horne
and W. G. Soloman, they to determine on
the division, at a uniform price of $500.
These sales were considered quite fair, as
the buildings on the property were worth
but little.
Three lads, among them q young fellow
named Morris, were riding on some bales of
cotton loaded on wagon, on Broad street,
at Augusta Monday. and the boy named
tumbling to the ground and falling in
mud hole, caused much merrlment for his
companions and other lookers-on. The fall
was fatal. Nothing was thought of it at
the time. A little pale. the boy arose I'M
aided and walked TO Tor, Wise's store near
by, where he sat for awhile Later he went
to his home on lower Ellis street. where
be told of his mishap and complained of Sc
y,ni fbe I,
retired, and his condition growing worse
medical assistance was called in and every
attention and kindness were shown him.
But be was beyond human aid. After
hours of terrible suffering he died Tuesday
the immediate cause of his death being in
ternal bleeding. 1t seems that in falling his
chest struck the Wheel which produced the
fatal injuries
Quite sensation has been worked up at
Longstreet, village in the eastern portion
OF Pulaski county, over a supposed ghost
who would, at a stated time and place, as
tonish the travellers by the sudden appear
snce Of falling sticks and rocks, many of
them being of immense size. Exaggerated
runors were brought to Hawknsville by
the over-credulous of that community. This
ghost, like all Others had its fatal ending
party of about twenty of
the best young men of Cochran,
on Saturday night last, made a
visit to the scene of action with view of
catching the ghost, in which they were emf
nently successful, as it was an easy matter
to locate the ghosts in the persons Of Jim
Daniels, an old man, his son Gus and boy
by the name of Gerty. Their object seemed
to be to create a sensation, then to charge
for the appearance of the ghost, as one of
them stated that Saturday night would be
the last free open-air concert. Gus Daniels
was caught with large number of sticks
and rocks concealed on his persons.
A few days since three gentlemen left
Adsirsyille for their respective homes North
Messrs. G. S. Lockwood, of lockwood, ILL.,.
j. F. Hawthorne, Oregon, Ill. and D. A.
Sloane, Mciregor Ill, who fought in the
army and on the Union side, members of a
survivors association, Hervex Dix Post, No.
371, of McCregor, Ill. These gentlemen
came down to go over the battle grounds
in and around Adairsville, and to carry
back with them any souvenirs of their
visit that they might so find.
They expressed great desire as
well as curiosity to see a genuine Confeds
crate uniform worn in service and their
demands were readily acceded t., for upon
being invited into the parlor of the Stanton
House there, "all tattered and torn with
bullet marks in plenty, and Yank's bullet
sewed to the coat. proof that the wearel
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